DOH records 34 heat-related illnesses, with 6 deaths
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health has reported 34 cases of heat-related illness as high heat indices are continuously experienced in different areas in the country.
Deaths latest news
Israel says to up Gaza aid, admits 'mistakes' in aid worker deaths
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Israel came under mounting pressure Friday to step up aid to Gaza with its military admitting a series of "grave mistakes" when a drone killed seven aid workers in the embattled territory.
DOH logs 89 rabies deaths since January
MANILA, Philippines — Eighty-nine cases of human rabies have been recorded in the country.
WHO reports sharp rise in newborn deaths in Gaza
GENEVA, Switzerland — Newborn mortality is rising sharply in the Gaza Strip, with babies being born underweight, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, citing medics on the ground.
Japan dietary supplement maker probes five deaths
TOKYO, Japan — A Japanese drugmaker said on Friday it is investigating five deaths potentially linked to dietary supplements meant to lower cholesterol and apologized for the "anxiety and fear" it had caused.
Japan drugmaker reports two more deaths in supplement scare
TOKYO, Japan — A Japanese drugmaker whose dietary supplements are at the center of a growing health scare reported on Thursday two more deaths potentially related to its tablets.
Childhood deaths at record low, but progress 'precarious' — UN
UNITED NATIONS, United States — The number of children worldwide who died before age five reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than five million died.
EU says Gaza to get aid by sea as airdrop ends in deaths
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — An international effort gathered pace on Friday to get desperately needed humanitarian relief into Gaza by sea, in the latest bid to counter overland access restrictions blamed on Israel as it battles Hamas militants.